I may not be in Rome, but life's still an adventure.

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I believe we are all called to be saints -- most of us not in showy ways, but in simple ones. Perhaps even monotonous ones. The majority of our life is not comprised of feasts, but is made up of ordinary time. It's up to us to make that ordinary time something worth writing about.

a review

I was setting up for a conference all day today at our Cathedral, which happens to be across the street from a Five Guys.

Not a fun thing on a Friday afternoon. I’m pretty sure they must pipe their smell out of their building, and it waftes right into the nostrils of poor Catholics across the street.

At 7:30, I was on my way home and needed something to eat stat. My friend Liza had asked me a few days ago if I had ever tried the Wendy’s fish sandwich.

Our conversation went something like this:

L: Joannie, you like McDonald’s fish sandwich, don’t you?

J: (something somewhat vague about how it’s not the worst thing, and I wouldn’t order it normally, but I’ll order it on a Friday, and my brother says it’s really the steamed bun that makes the sandwich, and why don’t they steam the bun on other sandwiches…)

L: Have you ever had a Wendy’s fish sandwich?

J: No.

L: (makes a face with big eyes, indicating I’ve missed out and wait until I try my first…)

Well, I tried my first. And it was delicious. I had to wait a long time for it, but Liza had told me I might, and it is nice to know it wasn’t just sitting there under the heat lamp. (especially at 7:30 at night. Ew.)

I took her advice and got it with everything — unlike at McDonalds, where I get it plain. I’m not a huge tartar sauce fan, but they put just the right amount on and it wasn’t too pickle-y. And the lettuce was a very nice touch — you need something fresh-crunchy to balance the greasy-crunchy.

And it wasn’t even that greasy. I didn’t feel like dying afterwards, like I do when I eat a Burger King fish sandwich.

I’d definitely get it again on a Friday. I might– might — get it on a non-Friday. But probably not, since I could be eating a single with cheese.

I just wish they’d have it year-round. Could someone tell these restaurants that some of us still maintain the Friday abstinence even in Ordinary Time?